Explore, Share, and Navigate Japanese Authentic Rouces

Iya NemastilMarysville High School

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Why Authentic Sources?

1. Is it relevant?2. Is it interesting?

3. Is it age appropriate?4. Is it high-frequency (vocab or grammar)?

5. Is it fun or funny?6. What is the context?7. What is the purpose?

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Commonly Used WebsitesGoogle.com

http://www.starbucks.co.jp/ ( level 1 and up)

https://www.kfc.co.jp/top.html (level 1 and up)

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/ (level 2 and up)

https://www.buzzfeed.com/jp ( level 2 and up)

https://happylifestyle.com/ (level 2 and up)

https://livejapan.com/ja/ any level

https://matome.naver.jp/ (level 2 and up)

Commonly Used Websites cont.

https://www.youtube.com/user/tbsnewsi (AP Japanese) https://twitter.com/ (any level) http://infographic.jp/ (any level, especially 1)https://www.misterdonut.jp/ (lower levels)

Types of Texts I like

Advice articles

Step by step articles

Recipes and directions to make things

Buzzfeed articles with pictures in between

Screenshots from Twitter and Facebook with hashtags

Songs no longer than 3 minutes (level depending)

Videos not longer in 3 minute increments (level depending)

Song lyrics

Lists of top 10 or top 20 whatever

Things I searchGoogle:

• Phrases, short words, combinations• Grammar points in common examples

Youtube:

• Phrases, high-frequency patterns with embedded grammar

Social Media:• Hash tags

When no good sources come up

Think about:

• Is this grammar or idea that highly used?• Am I searching the right thing? (am I making a

mistake in the way I phrase it?)• If Japanese people don’t talk about it or use

it, why I am teaching it?

Katakana- my view on “hard”

• Is your friend• It needs to be read and written in order to be

proficient • You have to make students read it all the

time so that it becomes automatic• Vital part of Japanese. Not just food, not just

sports, but constantly being added

Kanji- my view on “hard”

• Is your friend• It needs to be read and written in order to be

proficient • You have to make students read it all the

time so that it becomes automatic• Vital part of Japanese. Necessary to unlock

meaning.

Assessment

Interpretive IPA rubric from ACTFLhttps://tinyurl.com/z4newxg

Interpretive IPA Task Comprehension Guide Templatehttps://tinyurl.com/y7o96as7

Assessment Cont.

• Short spurts of analyzing (5-min or 10-min)• Does not have to be in depth every time• Can be used as warm-up or exit strategy• Helps build students’ confidence at taking

guesses • Guessing at meaning is golden

Questions?

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